HarperCollins has touted that the autobiography will include "colorful tales of his modest (to say the least) Southern upbringing, his bizarre phobias (komodo dragons?), his life, his loves (including his heartbreakingly brief marriage to fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie), and, of course, his movie career".

Jolie and Thornton were married for three years, after meeting on the set of the movie Pushing Tin.

The couple adopted son Maddox a mere three months before they announced their separation in 2002.